Talk:Seven Sisters (colleges)

Alumnae lists

I am not sure I understand why this article contains lists of alumnae of Seven Sisters colleges. These lists seem unhelpful to me in this context, and I think perhaps they ought to be removed. The individual college articles already have alumnae lists, and there is no clear criterion for the selection that edits those down into the briefer ones here. Because of the lack of a clear criterion for inclusion, these lists are attracting frequent drive-by additions and deletions, and I don't see how the effort of maintaining the lists improves this article. -- Rbellin|Talk 17:32, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. If a precedent can be found to argue for restoring it, go ahead. -Classicfilms 17:44, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Adding Penn to Bryn Mawr's Traditional School Affiliation

I just added the University of Pennsylvania to the list of schools affiliated with Bryn Mawr. Reasons: 1) Bryn Mawr's campus is in a Philadelphia suburb, less than 10 miles from Penn's campus 2) Bryn Mawr has a Quaker history, like Penn, and is a member of the Quaker Consortium, allowing Bryn Mawr students to take Penn classes 3) From Bryn Mawr's website: A Brief History of Bryn Mawr College: "During the presidency of Marion Edwards Park, from 1922 to 1942, the College began to work toward cooperative programs with nearby institutions - Haverford College, Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania - that would later greatly expand the academic and social range of Bryn Mawr students." Also, from the same: "During the 1960s, Bryn Mawr strengthened its ties to Haverford, Swarthmore and Penn when it instituted mutual cross-registration for all undergraduate courses." See http://www.brynmawr.edu/character/history.shtml (Princeton is not mentioned on the Bryn Mawr's, but I declined to delete it from this page because I don't know whether or not it has any historic relation to Bryn Mawr.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.44.233.15 (talk) 16:58, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

How about a map?

How about a map showing where the seven sisters colleges are located, like you see in the ive league article. I actually think it would be more interesting for the seven sisters. --68.195.44.36 (talk) 04:10, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Map bug: Bryn Mawr & Barnard

The map seems to be showing some colleges in the wrong place. It currently puts Bryn Mawr somewhere in Maryland, and Barnard in central New Jersey. I'd like to fix it but I'm not sure how. It seems to be pulling coordinates from Wikidata, but as far as I can tell, the info there is correct? Not sure what's wrong. Any ideas? --IdentifierExpected (talk) 18:51, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

I saw that too and finally had a moment to look into it. It has to do with the module that makes the cropped map. Module:Location map/data/USA Northeast (cropped) I have tried adjusting the latitude and longitude boundaries and getting closer, but still off. Some of it has to do with the angle/tilt of the map as well. Will try to adjust more when I have more time, but very tedious trying to figure that out. I know the Northeast cropped might show more clearly (?), but it might be better to revert to the one that showed before (which has been renamed USA Midwest and Northeast). Shrikesong (talk) 01:29, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Timeline

The Seven Sisters "are?" How can there BE a "Seven Sisters" if at least one (i.e., Radcliffe) no longer exists? Shouldn't it be The Seven Sisters "were?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.180.183 (talk) 05:51, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Radcliffe does still exist, though, as the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Just because it no longer grants degrees doesn't mean it has ceased to exist. -- JeffBillman (talk) 16:32, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

sister school vs sibling school

I changed the Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore affiliation to a sibling affiliation as the latter two have never been all female — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.149.96 (talk) 04:00, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

I reverted your edit. In American English, many objects (ships, cities, etc.) are referred to as if they were women so the phrase "sister school" regardless of the gender of the students who attend. ElKevbo (talk) 04:53, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

removed vandalism

I changed the first sentence from: “The Seven Sisters is a lame-ass name for seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges. ” to “The Seven Sisters is a loose association of seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges. ”

someone else might want to take a closer look at the whole article and see if the person who put in "lame-ass" did it in other spots. Will (talk) 16:30, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Simpson's Stereotype Section

I think that the section describing a Simpson's episode which stereotyped the colleges is inappropriate. Unless anyone objects, I would like to remove it. Bill (talk) 04:05, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Why do you think it's inappropriate? Like it or not The Simpsons is one of the longest running TV shows ever aired and it is part of - and an indicator of - U.S. culture. ElKevbo (talk) 06:57, 1 January 2014 (UTC)